May 2021 – Dec 2024 · 3 yrs 7 mos · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Sep 2019 – May 2021 · 1 yr 8 mos · Greater New York City Area

• Common is the biggest coliving operator in the US, with 4,000 beds under management, and another 14K in the pipeline. The Common platform includes coliving units, micro units, traditional apartments, family living (Kin) and workforce housing (Noah). Common makes living in cities better by delivering affordability, convenience and community, powered by technology and design.
• Strategy orientated Origination, Transaction Screening, Structuring and Negotiation for Common's expansion in the Mid-West, Eastern Canada, and European markets, mobilizing strategic wins for the high growth team.

May 2017 – Sep 2019 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Greater New York City Area

• EDC invests in jobs, industries, and communities to drive NYC's economic future and make our city stronger, safer, and more equitable. Manages approximately 200 city-owned real estate totaling 60 million sqft ranging from freight & maritime, industrial to ground leases on some of the city's most important commercial developments.
• In-house strategist for real estate transactions + planning for key investments across job generating portfolio through macro and micro economic indicators. Advised on complex deal structures for EDC, as well as other city agencies (MTA, DOT, DCP, HPD) for acquisitions and dispositions, re-zonings, & capital projects, tying long term planning & short term real estate goals such as affordable housing, job creation, and infrastructure funding. Advanced conversations with senior leadership, elected officials, community and industry stakeholders to achieve policy goals and generate multi-million dollar returns.
• Key projects: Coney Island, Broadway Junction, Morris Park, NYC Freight

Oct 2014 – May 2017 · 2 yrs 7 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• AECOM's Sustainable Economics group provided integrated sustainable economics analysis for AECOM's sizeable planning, environment, and design practice. This included fiscal, life-cycle, cost-benefits analysis, pro forma, triple bottom line, economic impact, and public finance analyses.
• Consulted private sector clients on real estate investment strategy through portfolio wide risk assessment and cashflow simulations on mixed use projects for around 1 million sqm. of mixed use developments.
• Advised public sector clients on affordable housing, maximizing public benefits and leveraging multiple financing options. Analyzed the development feasibility and the fiscal impacts while assisting communities in land use, economic revitalization, and housing policies for long range planning efforts.
• Led Economic and Real Estate Strategy for firm’s internal corporate project pursuits in the Pacific region and advised strategy group on business development.
• Presented to business, community, and agency stakeholders on a variety of projects.

Sep 2013 – Sep 2014 · 1 yr

• Comprehensive Initiative on Technology Evaluation's research and evaluation program lead to new and better products focused on poverty alleviation. Focused on technology innovation, incubation and scaling, that supports the priorities in USAID’s 2011-2015 Policy Framework, including, for example, technologies that bring clean drinking water to poor families, innovations that bring reliable power sources to remote rural communities, and solutions to pressing health dilemmas.
• Drafted the blueprint of a space economy driven institutional ecosystem in Indian sister cities, through Indo-US partnership with the focus on regional economic development as well as real estate potential through discovery, development and growth of new pro-poor solutions.

Sep 2012 – Sep 2013 · 1 yr

• The Parametric Urbanism Workshop, housed in SUTD investigated how contemporary built environments can be understood and improved via spatial parameters – broadly defined as variables of the an urban system whose change affects other aspects of the system.
• Developed curriculum for investigations in theories of parametricism to analyze urban data and discover relationships between the form of the city and its performance.
• Facilitated workshop in retail and residential districts in Singapore. Edited, contributed to and designed the final research publication.

Jun 2013 – Sep 2013 · 3 mos · Paris Area, France

• Co-ordinated the implementation, and content creation for the Cityquest summit in King Abdullah Economic City, Saudi Arabia, as the first ever global leadership exchange among greenfield city builders, investors and technologists.

Apr 2011 – Feb 2012 · 10 mos · New Delhi Area, India

• Masterplanning 1011 hectare, $25 billion asset value Sports City for India’s first Formula One circuit project for sports anchored greenfield development with 200,000 residential units & led transit planning for a construction budget of $25M.